Reservoir cover for oil stoves



F. W. TWICKLER RESERVOIR COVER FOR OIL sTOvEs Aug. 4, '1936.

Filed July 17, 1955 Patented ug. 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT 1 Claim.

The invention relates to reservoir covers for oil stoves, and has forits object to provide a reservoir cover which will substantially housethe reservoir of an oil stove and form the outer wall of the reservoirin case of leakage of the reservoir.

A further object is to provide the marginal edges of the cover withdetent means cooperating with the main reservoir for holding the coverin position.

A further object is to provide the cover with an upwardly extendingtubular member axially thereof and adapted to be received within thewick tube and preferably terminating above the filling opening of thereservoir and the liquid level therein. 1

A further object is to provide an oil stove reservoir repair coveradapted to entirely house the reservoir and to prevent leakage in caseof leaks in the reservoir caused by the action of acids or rustdeveloping in the reservoir.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth,

shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made withinthe scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conventional form of oil stove,showing the reservoir cover applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the reservoir cover.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I designates the reservoir of thestove which is preferably cylndrically shaped and 2 the filling openingtherein through which kerosene or other oil is poured to be taken up bycapillary atthe reservoir and made in different sizes for different sizereservoirs.

The cover I is provided with a marginal ange 8 which engages a gasket 8ainterposed between it and the flange 9 at the upper end of the res- 5ervoir I for forming a leak proof connection between the cover and thereservoir, and is held in position by spring arm detents I0 carried bythe cover l', and which detents spring over the flange 9. Many of theoil stoves as at present constructed have the central wick guide tube Iformed integral or as a part of the reservoir bottom 5, therefore toaccommodate the device to reservoirs of this type the reservoir cover 'Iis provided with an upwardly extending tubular 15 portion II which fitsinto the wick tube 4 and is carried by the bottom I2 of the cover "I,The tubular member II preferably terminates above the filling opening 2of the reservoir I, therefore it will be seen that the reservoir iscompletely 20 housed, and if a leak develops in the reservoir,

' the removable cover I will act as a reservoir wall for preventingleakage of the stove. The covers I may be sold as part of the stoveequipment or as a separate item after a leak develops. It has 25 been acommon practice to discard the stove in case of leakage or to attempt torepair the same. I-Iowever the expense for repairing is high on accountof the labor element involved.

From the above it will be seen that a remov- 30 able repair cover isprovided for leaky oil stove reservoirs which entirely houses the sameand acts as an outer wall for the reservoir in case of leakage from thereservoir and the cover may be cheaply manufactured and sold. It willalso 35 be seen that the cover can be applied to the reservoir by anyoneby simply placing the stove reservoir therein and forcing the partstogether until the spring detent arms ID spring over the flange 9 andthe gasket 8a` is compressed between 4:0 the flanges 8 and 9.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

The combination with a leaking oil stove reservoir having a fillingopening and a tubular air conduit extending axially upwardly through thereservoir, an opening through the bottom thereof, an annular angeextending around the outer periphery of the reservoir below the llingopening, of a removable cover carried by said reservoir and adapted toform an outer reservoir wall for the reservoir, said cover having anopen ended tubular member extending upwardly from the bottom thereof andinto the tubular air conduit and terminating above the filling openingin the reservoir, a marginal flange carried by the removable cover belowsaid lling opening, spring arms carried by the removable cover andadapted to spring over the flange carried by the reser- Voir andmaintain the cover in position on the reservoir and a gasket interposedbetween the annular flange carried by the reservoir and the marginalilange carried by the removable cover in a position below the llingopening and forming a leak-proof connection between the reservoir andthe removable cover.

FREDERICK W. TWICKLER.

